snitch

To tell someone in authority about another person’s wrongdoing, often seen as betraying that person.

• Do not snitch on me.
• Someone snitched to the teacher about our plan.
• He refused to snitch on his friends.

How to use it: snitch on someone (He snitched on his friends.); snitch to someone (Someone snitched to the police about the robbery.)

Similar words: tell on, inform on

Common phrases: snitch on someone, snitch to someone

To take something secretly, especially something small.

• Who snitched my pen?
• He snitched a biscuit from the tin.
• She caught me snitching sweets from her bag.

How to use it: snitch something from someone/something (She snitched a coin from his pocket.)

Similar words: steal, pinch, swipe

Common phrases: snitch a biscuit, snitch something from someone

Someone who tells an authority about another person’s wrongdoing, often to get them into trouble.

• Nobody trusted the snitch.
• The gang suspected that he was a police snitch.
• They called her a snitch for telling the teacher.

Similar words: informer, tattletale

Common phrases: a police snitch, call someone a snitch, a known snitch

Someone who steals things.

• The snitch stole my wallet.
• They caught the snitch with the missing coins.
• A snitch had taken everything from his bag.

Similar words: thief

Common phrases: a little snitch, catch a snitch